Martin Scorsese is one of the very few directors who excel in any genre they dabble in. The first Martin Film I was introduced to was King of Comedy, which again is a genre most of us do not associate with Martin. After Hours is another Scorsese...

The 15th edition of the Mumbai Film Festival; the premier film festival of the country organized by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI), will sport a new look. Just as the ever evolving art and industry of cinema, Mumbai’s most eagerly...

Got Ghanchakkar-ed. With Pleasure.
For once I believed people can’t understand. No, people really can’t as I saw yesterday, the death of a fine film. For all reasons, that don’t exist, people have rejected Ghanchakkar, yet, let me...

In a freewheeling conversation with MAM Vikramaditya Motwane spoke about his forthcoming movie Lootera and lots more. Here’s an excerpt from the conversation.
Your very first film Udaan which was made after a lot of struggle went on to get...

Ever since Prakash Jha comfortably turned to commercial cinema with a vengeance with Gangaajal, he started becoming successful and slowly moving away from the cinema that he once stood for. But post the mega success of Raajneeti the Prakash Jha aura...

This is not a review. Far better posts have been written analyzing how Sonam could have performed better, Rahman’s compositions could have been more soulful and second half should not have taken the political twist.
I personally connected with...

Here’s Subarna Ray Chaudhuri the costume designer of multiple films, including the forthcoming film Lootera talking to MAM about the experience of working on Lootera and more.
Kolkata, Parineeta, and now Lootera, you seem to have a deep...

The Sydney Film Festival has been increasing in popularity over the last few years. In recent years, there have been numerous Indian movies, short movies and documentaries that have been showcased in the festival. I have been fortunate enough to see...

Dipika Kalra, who had edited Vikramiditya Motwane’s Udaan earlier spoke to MAM about her experience of working in Lootera. Here is the complete interview.
We’ll start with your experience of working in Lootera.
Lootera was a...

Anumati (The Consent) is a film directed by prolific Marathi filmmaker Gajendra Ahire, who at one particular point had almost 11 films in various stage of production. Gajendra Ahire always seems to take interesting subjects for his films, but rarely...